Eastern Connecticut State University

Gold Key To Honor Two More Eastern Connecticut State University soccer player Jon DeCasanova and former Sheehan High tennis player Connor Reed have been selected as the Bob Casey Courage Award winners by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance. DeCasanova, a graduate of Glastonbury High, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2012 and with lymphoma in 2013, and given less than a one percent chance of survival. But after treatment, he returned to Eastern in 2014 with a clean bill of health and ready to complete his time at the school and with his team. Reed, of Wallingford, was diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis — a rare inflammatory disease of the central nervous...

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